Skirt-braid



No. 626,397. Patented lune 6, |899..

F. THUN H. JANSSEN-f SKIRT BRAID.

(Application led May 17, 1898.) (Nn Model .E27-fda? afm 251/17.

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PATENT SKIRT-BRAID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,397, dated June 6,1899.

Application filed May 17,1898a Serial No. 680,931 (No model.)

.To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, FERDINAND THUN and HENRY JANSSEN, citizens of theUnited States of America, and residents of Reading, county of Berks,State of Pennsylvania, have in Vented certain new au d usefulImprovements in Skirt-Braid, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a braid of improved construction, which isfully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, and thenovel features are pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a piece of our improved braid. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same. Fig. 3 is a diagram indicating thecarrier-gears of a braiding-machine arranged to correspond with thebraid as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the several series of carriersoperated by said gears to produce our new braid.

Our :improved braid, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,com prises three distinctportions united so as to form an integral fabric, rst, a flat portion Eof ordinary braid structure; second, a tubular or oord portion F,interwoven with the portion E, and, third, a brush portion G, interwovenwith the cord F. This brush portion is so called because the threadsforming it project beyond the cord F and are cut so as to provide ayielding braid edge made up of free thread ends which are adapted toserve advantageously as a skirt protection in a manner similar to thatdescribed in Patent No. 553,707, issued January 28, 1896, to H. Federfor a skirt-protector. The threads forming the brush portion of thebraid are preferably interwoven not only with the cord structure proper,but also with one or more fillingthreads f within the cord, around whichthe brush-threads are wound, as shown, to more securely unite them withthe body of the braid.

In order to produce the improved braid described, we have devised amachine especially adapted for its manufacture, but which forms no partof the present invention. In Fig. 3, however, we indicate the relativearrangement of three several series of carriers operating to produce,respectively, the three portions of the braid described and tosimultaneously unite the same in integral form-a series of carriers D,operating to form the flat portion E of the cord, a second series D',forming the cord F, and a third series D2, forming the brush portion G.The carriers D intercept and cooperate with the carriers D' in producingthe cord portion F of the braid, thus uniting the latter with the atportion E, and the carriers D2 cross the courses of the other two seriesand also wind around the lling-threads f within the cord, so that thebrush-threads are inseparably united with the other portions of thebraid.

What we claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture a braid comprisingaflat portion, a cord portion, and a brush portion consisting of afilling thread or threads within the cord and carrier-threadswoundaround said filling-threads and crossed within the cord andinterwoven with the cordthreads and extended beyond the later to form anedge substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture a braid comprising a flat portionformed of one series of carrier-threads, a cord portion formed of asecond series of carrier-threads interwoven with said rst series, and abrush portion formed of filling-threads within said cord portion and athird series of carrier-threads interwoven with said cord and with thefillingthreads within the same substantially as set forth.

Signed by us, at Reading, Pennsylvania, this 14th day of May, 1898.

FERDINAND THUN.

' HENRY JANSSEN.

Vitnesses:

D. M. STEWART, CAMERON E. S'rnAUss.

